Arson investigators with the Orange County Fire Authority are probing the cause of a balcony fire that broke out on the second floor of a Santa Ana apartment complex Saturday.
Firefighters responded to the 3100 block of South Main Street at 4:14 p.m., said Captain Steve Horner, OCFA spokesman.
A man on the first floor of the two-

A new device recently launched by Santa Ana-based Abbott Medical Optics is expected to allow more personalized treatment for patients undergoing Lasik eye surgery and reduce by three years the minimum age at which the procedure is available.
The high-tech contraption, known as the iDesign Advanced WaveScan Studio System, was approved in

There will be something special at the Santa Ana Art Walk this Saturday: works by photographers whose view of the world isn’t usually on display.
In February, Newport Beach resident Susan Menning gave disposable cameras to homeless people who live around the Santa Ana Civic Center. The idea was two-fold: to raise visibility for the

A former employee of a Santa Ana piano store was sentenced to 18 years in state prison Friday for embezzling up to $6.8 million over three-year period.
Russell Eugene Dunbar, 58, was found guilty last year of multiple felony counts of forgery, falsifying records and grand theft, with enhancements for aggravated white-collar crime over $5

SANTA ANA – A man seen walking bloody and injured early Friday morning on a dark street said he was stabbed at a popular local restaurant, officials said. Santa Ana police found the stabbed man around 1:20 a.m. walking near the Center Justice Center courthouse on West Civic Center Drive and North Flower Street. He said he was

Dr. Patricia Riba, who helps fight obesity in economically challenged communities, basked in the support her nonprofit received from a group of sweaty Pimco employees.
“This is not your classic fundraiser with everyone drinking champagne,” Riba said late Wednesday, after an intense 45-minute indoor cycling session at SoulCycl

It’s summer, which means for most 12-year olds, time is spent hanging around the pool or at the movies with friends. However, for Vincent Tinajero, it means hours spent training and practicing for the three biggest baseball tournaments of the summer. It involves training with and playing for former Major League baseball players lik

Three men were charged Wednesday with underpaying employees on public works projects, including an elementary school project in Santa Ana.
No Sung Pak, 74, of Hollywood; Michael John Ferrin, 40, of San Pedro; and Scott Sung Yang, 44, of Los Angeles, are each charged with felony taking and receiving a portion of a worker’s wage on p

Q. We have had my son on an app for math improvement, and he does well on it, but not when you ask him questions on math multiplication. He also does not do well on paper tests. We are looking for a way to improve his response time on paper and out loud. Do you have a resource we can use this summer? A. My answer might be bo

Long ago, before there were cellphones, there was Naugles.
“Going to Naugles was how we found out what was going on,” said Carolyn Craft, 49, of Fountain Valley. “Every Saturday night, you would meet in the Naugles parking lot. We had no other way to communicate. If there was no party going on somewhere else, we just st

SANTA ANA – Hunting grizzly bears. Flying over the ocean. Saving men from drowning.
These are a few experiences that defined the lives of Orange County’s early pioneers.
Some of these county legends will be brought to life Saturday when the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society opens up the Dr. Willella How

Conductor Christopher Russell recently led the Orange County School of the Arts’s Symphony Orchestra on a performing tour of Europe.
Performance pieces include works by Franz Joseph Haydn and Dmitri Shostakovich, a couple by American and Czech composers and a new composition, titled “anima mundi,” by orchestra graduate

Universal Protection Service, a Santa Ana-based security firm, has acquired a competing business in Tennessee to form the largest U.S.-owned security company, Universal said Tuesday.
Universal Protection, a division of Universal Services of America, said it had purchased Memphis-based Guardsmark in a deal that creates a combined company

A suspected 18-year-old gang member pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of driving recklessly while evading Santa Ana police officers, causing a crash that injured his passengers Sunday night.
Alberto Licona of Santa Ana is charged with with one felony count each of evading a peace officer and driving against traffic and evading while